All structures on land illegally acquired to be demolished

Lands and Environmental Protection Minister Jean Kapata says all structures built on illegally acquired land will be demolished in the next fifteen days.

Ms Kapata has told Parliament in a ministerial statement on the current illegal occupation of private and public land across the country that government will not tolerate any person to illegally settle on any land which does not belong to them.

Ms. Kapata has since appealed to all Zambians not to illegally invade land which is not theirs.

Jean Kapata

She adds that Government will soon conduct a land audit and ensure that officers at the ministry of lands selling land illegally face the wrath of the law.

Ms Kapata say government has noted with sadness the behaviour of some officers at the ministry of lands who have been selling land illegally.

She adds that people who have obtained land illegally will appear before the land tribunal and risks forfeiting their land to the state.

Ms Kapata has warned that government will ensure that all illegal land occupiers are dealt with sternly.

Ms. Kapata has further appealed to all members of the public to report any illegal land activities to the taskforce on illegal land acquisition.

And Ms. Kapata says her ministry has been working with Local authorities across the country to open up new areas for development under the land development fund programme.